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Heat Shrink Tubing

Fail

Prices span $2.88–$11.62, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Heat Shrink Tubing is a Fail.

Flapen Score
44
44 / 100
Ranks 520 of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · −5 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£261K/yr342K searches / yr
90-day growth
-9.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
69%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 17 sellers

Flapen Score

Heat Shrink Tubing against its category

The dotted line is the Business, Industry & Science average. Past it, Heat Shrink Tubing is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

44Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Heat Shrink Tubing market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Heat Shrink Tubing 342K times last year and spent an estimated £261K. The top 5 brands take 78% of clicks. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

12.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 342K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 12.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -9.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £261K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
342K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-9.6%
Conversion, latest week
12.2%
Market size, estimated
£261Ka year
Peak month
February1.2× the quietest month
Top search term
heat shrink tubing148K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.26.

Listings sell for £6.26 on average, from £2.88 to £11.62. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At £6.26 that is £9K to £13K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.26under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.88–£11.62
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
£9K–£13K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

75% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #12 within Industrial Electrical. It carries 6,341 reviews at 4.52 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
75%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
5.2%
Average rank
#12in Industrial Electrical
Average rating
4.52 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
6,341per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 40 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
40 months

Products

Top Heat Shrink Tubing products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 69% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£26K£52K£78K£104K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

17

Top-5 brand share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

17%

  • Zuchini25%
  • EVENTRONIC20%
  • ASHINER14%
  • ELECTRAPICK13%
  • HUAKAYO6%
  • Daryunk5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 17%)

Demand

Heat Shrink Tubing search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

7K5KSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×

Search terms

Top Heat Shrink Tubing search terms shoppers use

The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.

  • heat shrink tubing148K/yr
  • heat shrink62K/yr
  • heat shrink sleeving32K/yr
  • shrink tubing24K/yr
  • heatshrink tubes8K/yr
  • heatshrink10K/yr
  • heat-shrink tubing11K/yr
  • shrink tube6K/yr
  • heatshrink sleeving kit8K/yr
  • shrink wrap tubing5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Heat Shrink Tubing

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Heating25%+0.31

The problem is finding a suitable heat source

Heat shrink

heat shrink

Size-Overall15%−0.05

Not the sizes you would associate with electrical cable in uk used on daily basis, either to big or small

some sizes could be to small

I just felt like there should have been a few more of the larger sizes

Quality-Overall14%+0.19

Not top quality

Poor quality

Its to bad quality

Adhesion/Stickiness11%−0.05

the adhesive doesnt seem to be very effective at sealling

the glue makes it very tuff when cooled

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%−0.02

not a fan of false advertising

Pictures misleading, incorrect quantities

not 4 as shown in the pictures

Love

Quality-Overall24%+0.19

Excellent Product

Overall its a solid

Good selection quality tubing

Advertised Vs Actual Product18%−0.02

Did the job

As described

Exactly what I needed

Value For Money18%+1.87

Good price

Great Value

Worth the money

Size-Overall15%−0.05

They are a perfect size

Good range of sizes

The assortment of sizes is excellent

Ease Of Use8%+1.53

Easy to use

always comes in handy

Very handy to have in the shed for all occasions

Return

0.4% Return rate 51% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall44%▅▅█▅▆▆

Not the sizes you would associate with electrical cable in uk used on daily basis, either to big or small

some sizes could be to small

I just felt like there should have been a few more of the larger sizes

Quality-Overall17%█▄▁█▃▂

Not top quality

Poor quality

Its to bad quality

Compatibility-Overall10%▆▅▆▁▆█

Not much use on 1.5m 2.5m cable

Adhesion/Stickiness5%▁▅▁█▄▃

the adhesive doesnt seem to be very effective at sealling

the glue makes it very tuff when cooled

Thin4%█▁▁▁▆▁

FAQ

Common Heat Shrink Tubing questions

Answered from the same tracked data.